OLYMPIA – Today the US Supreme Court upheld the 2010 Affordable Care Act. In a close decision, with multiple opinions, the Court ruled that the federal requirement to purchase health insurance—specifically a plan dictated by government regulators – does not violate the Constitution. The state[...]
Archive for June 28th, 2012
June 28th, 2012 - 11:50 pm § in Uncategorized
WASTATE: McKenna issues non-statement on health care ruling
June 28th, 2012 - 8:27 pm § in Misc.
Supreme Court Rules Federal Government Essentially Unlimited
From SOUND Politics: by pudge, 08:59 AM Yes, it’s true: Chief Justice Roberts ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Supreme Court has essentially no limits when it’s exercising its taxing authority. He did say that the Affordable Care Act was wrong to say that its power to require us to have [...]
June 28th, 2012 - 12:42 pm § in Misc.
Jesus hires a PR flack from Fox!
You can’t make this stuff up anymore (Dailly KOs): VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has brought in the Fox News correspondent in Rome to help improve its communications strategy as it tries to cope with years of communications blunders and one of its most serious scandals in decades, officials[...]
June 28th, 2012 - 8:29 am § in UW
UW Recruits Top Faculty in Artificial Intelligence
The new recruits include Carlos Guestrin, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Emily Fox and Ben Taskar, both professors at the University of Pennsylvania; and Jeff Heer, a professor at Stanford University. These are all outstanding computer scientists who will continue the thrust Ed Lazowska [...]
June 28th, 2012 - 1:05 am § in Misc.
Eat Your Wears: a Locavore Fascinator is MadCap Fun
from Salty Seattle Summer is coming and with it, a full dance card. The weekends are filling up fast and the lingering question in our minds burning hotter than VD in a jacuzzi is “what on earth should I wear to all these parties?” Well, my pretties, you can stop fretting in your fiddleheads bec[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Oops, CNN and Fox Report that Supreme Court Strikes DOWN Obamacare
FOX and CNN announce the the SCOTUS has dumped Obamacare: The TeaPart joined the rush to victory: Of course, they were WRONG! Here is the full text. Fox, of course, is now spinning madly, trying to paint the decision as a defeat for the Affordable Health Act. THE-Ave editor on the other hand, is q[...]